I love discussing books. I love analyzing the plots, I love getting lost in the worlds they inhabit. I love imaging myself in the book and feeling the emotions in the story.
I might have criticisms for the actions or behaviors of certain characters, but I find it impossible not to be utterly amazed at the creation of the book itself. The very idea of being able to create such detail impresses me in ways I can't sufficiently describe.
So for me, every book on this list has too many strengths and not enough weaknesses to place them anywhere below S tier.

I know some may say, "well if everything is special, nothing is" but I don't care. I'm so glad to have such an easily pleased disposition. If I'm eating nothing but crackers and saying they taste like steak I don't mind at all.

On the other hand, hopefully I'm not just reading all the best books back to back.

A friend gifted me this book 3 weeks ago and I´ve reached Chapter Five. But, I´m not loving it.

It´s been years since I read a new fantasy book, so I was misly excited to read this one, but, alas, it is slop. At least to me.

The prose leaves much to be desired because it commits the sin of telling us EVERYTHING and showing very little.

Everything is seen from the eyes of the MC, VIolet Sorrengail, the girl with a very 2000s-fantasy name. She explains everything in her mind and aloud.

So far, all I know about her is that she has a friend who has the hots for her, she is nerdy, but fast because she said so, dainty, loves books though I´ve never seen her read one, and her mother is a bad b.

So, the book is about a young girl (shocker) whose mother forces her to join the trial to become a Dragonrider, but she always wanted to become a Scribe because she is nerdy, dainty, and carries a heavy bag everywhere, unlike her big sister who is tough, and unlike her deceased brother who was awesome.

She goes through a deadly trial that kills 90% of the aspirants before they can become Cadets and makes enemies everywhere because everyone wants to become a Dragonrider and dragons are scarce.

But, that doesn´t make sense since the dragons are the ones who choose their riders. If a dragon doesn´t like a candidate, it kills said candidate.

Apparently, the Basgiath Military School has no problems with cadets and officers killing each other for advancement either. So, they are nuts for no valid reason.

Apparently, they are at war with a neighbor kingdom, but I have a hard time believing it because there is no sense of urgency, nor the stakes are shown nor explained.

Also, the author describes places in a way that is hard to imagine. I had to google several words to make sense of the buildings.

Also, Violet, so far, looks like every parody of a YA female protagonist because she already has dudes having the hots for her.

Anyways, just wanted to vent somewhere about this book.

Has anyone else read it?

Mostly fantasy but I mix sci fi in for ease. I have not read all of the books and some series are only partials (WoT) since I got them on kindle and have been buying the hardcovers as I find them.

I read Between Two Fires about 6 years ago now…and then it was fairly “underground” or relatively unknown. It was hard to get it even on Amazon and I was super pumped to get a copy (this was the case for the physical version at least, unsure about the ebook). However it’s really cool to see that it’s blown up and is suggested by so many…and to see it featured all over. Gatekeeping books is the worst and it’s awesome to see Between Two Fires and Christopher Buehlman get so much recognition now. Needless to say: I wholeheartedly suggest this book

What should I get next?

Only just found this Reddit and thought you might like this. Building the book collection for around 30 years and the library itself for around 10. There are around 1200 books total of which I've read three quarters, though some of them multiple times (looking at you early WoT, and others). They're just IKEA Billy bookcases with a few hacks but I absolutely love it.

I have some room for growth but I'm not buying as many as I used to, mainly just continuations of ongoing series or author's I love. I also love rereading which distracts me from new books sometimes. Anyway hope you like it!

From really big names like Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter to lesser known stuff that you may enjoy. Feel free to share with others on twitter or Instagram.

NO BECAUSE WHY WAS IT LIKE THAT!

Brooo, i swear every chapter felt like survival! Hunger games walked so red rising could absolutely dominate!

I need book 2 immediately, im losing it.

My fantasy & sci-fi bookshelf so far. My next series I’ll be reading in 2026 are Malazan, The Faithful and the Fallen and The Bound and the Broken

I've finally made myself a tier list of all my fantasy/sci-fi books that I have read (I might be missing some but they mustn't have been very impactful otherwise they would have made it in).

Would love some recommendations for more books! Currently finishing Dungeon crawler Carl book 7 and have started the Blacktongue thief by Buehlman.

Don't hesitate to trash it or love it! Everyone is of course entitled to their own opinion!

EDIT 1: I didn't realise when posting how small it would be written on the photo!

Tiers are:

S: Favourites (the best of the best) A: Excellent (excellent reads that I would happily reread any day) B: Great (Great books that I thoroughly enjoyed but not as much as A) C: Good (good book, but missed some aspects that would push them higher, or too long) D: Ok (they were ok. Not brilliant. Not terrible) F: didn't like or DNF

EDIT 2: Thank you so much for your recommendations! Here is the list of all the books/series recommended if anyone is looking for new series to read (in no particular order)

"Art of Prophecy" by Wesley Chu
"Riyria Revelations" by Michael J Sullivan
"Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell" by Susanna Clarke
"Best Served Cold", "The Heroes", "Red Country" (In that order of course) by Joe Abercrombie
"Cradle Series" by Will Wight
"Wolf of the Plains" by Conn Iggulden
"Emperor series" Conn Iggulden
"The Demon Wars Saga" by R. A. Salvatore
"warlord chronicles" by Bernard Cornwell
"The Last Contract of Isako" by Fonda Lee
"The Wars of Light and Shadow" by Janny Wurts
"Riftwar" by Raymond E. Feist
"Daevabad trilogy" by S. A. Chakraborty
"The Library at Mount Char" by Scott Hawkins
Continue "Malazan, Book of the fallen" by Steven Erikson
"The Lions of Al-Rassan" by Guy Gavriel Kay
"Tigana" by Guy Gavriel Kay
"Dark Profit Saga" by J. Zachary Pike
"Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn trilogy" by Tad Williams
"Dresden Files" by Jim Butcher
"The Demon Cycle" by Peter V. Brett
"The keeper chronicles" by JA Andrews
"Ravens shadow trilogy" by Anthony Ryan
"Kings of the Wyld" by Nicholas Eames
"Expeditiary forces" by Craig Alanson (SF)
"Culture series" by Iain M. Banks (SF)
"Bobiverse" by Dennis E. Taylor (SF)
"Spacemage Chronicles" by Timothy Ellis (SF)
Anything by Peter F. Hamilton (SF)

I just finished the entire First Law world.. what an amazing collection of books. Between reading it, and listening (Steven Pacey is a God when it comes to narrating) what do I turn to next?!

Working my way through Royal Assassin currently and just got my Liveship Traders set in from Illumicrate so figured I'd share my shelves now. After RotE, I'll probably knock out some standalones before hopping into Malazan. Let me hear your thoughts on what books here you love or think I definitely need to add to the collection.

Long-time lurker, first-time poster here. I wanted to share something I'm incredibly proud of and thought this would be the one community that would truly get it.

My dad, Michael Schustereit, is one of those guys who has been living in a secondary world for most of his life. Since I was a kid, our house has been filled with notebooks of maps, character genealogies, and detailed histories of the world he created, Binsmuth. He's spent decades building this universe, focusing on the intricate politics and the complex relationships between his pantheon of gods.

Like a lot of writers, the final step—publishing—always seemed like this insurmountable final boss. After navigating the confusing landscape of modern publishing, he decided to build the solution he wished he'd had. He founded a small, author-focused service publisher called Mystic Vault Society to help other SFF authors on their own quests.

The best part is, this journey finally pushed him to finish his own epic. His debut fantasy novel, Rise of the Veilbreaker, is coming out on September 1st or possibly a month later, waiting on cover art to submit the final ISBN.

It's set in Binsmuth, a world where two sibling gods created a paradise, only to have their father, the god of chaos, begin to unravel it all. The story follows a young knight who uncovers a conspiracy that suggests the real threat isn't the monsters his father sends, but the very nature of the gods themselves.

He's been posting some incredibly detailed deep dives on the worldbuilding, magic systems, and gods on his author blog, and seeing his passion come to life has been amazing. I'm so proud of him for taking this leap and wanted to share his story with people who live and breathe fantasy.

https://a.co/d/fY4kBuP

First off, I’m not really a big gamer. More of a casual gamer. I only started playing video games in college, before that it was mainly desktop games like Age of Empires and StarCraft. But my college roommate got an XBOX and I’d watch him play HALO. Then he got OBLIVION and my gaming world changed. I got obsessed with the game. So I mainly play games similar open world games.

On to the book, I’m 200 pages in already and I’m really enjoying it. Especially Carl and Princess Donut’s relationship. And thanks to my college roommate introducing me to video games, I can understand most of the gaming lingo!

Currently on book 3 of Mistborn Era 2.

Hey! I originally posted this on art communities but someone thought it would be a good idea to post this here too. And since I am a huge book nerd as well here it goes.

(Btw I would love to know of what book it reminds you. Mine would be The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller.)

I’ve heard MANY good things about Brandon Sanderson, finally decided to give him a try.

Just finished it and holy crap. That was great. The writing is a little odd at points with it being more YA, but it is nowhere near odd enough to ruin the book. That was absolutely amazing and I am super excited to get into the next ones. Just wow.

I posted here about a week ago and I have finally finished the other book I was reading (Rhythm of War by Brandon Sanderson - it was really good!) and now I will be going onto Red Rising.

I chose this cause its new, its seems a bit shorter compared to the other ones and maybe a bit easier than the other ones. And after reading a brick from Brandon Sanderson, a shorter easier novel sounds suuuuuuper nice!

Thank you guys for all the advice and info! I’m still super excited to get to all the other books I got! Let’s see how this goes!

Link to my previous post: I got new books!